Reaching Dilli ..

I was in Dilli (popularly spelt as Delhi) recently and visited the historic museum at the Red Fort. That suddenly made me curious to know the historic developments until the establishment of Dilli sultanate.

So here goes - interesting dates from the history of religions.

223,000 - 100,000 BC (Eurasia)

Evidence of Neanderthals

40,000 BC (Lake Mungo, Australia)

Anatomically modern human burials found

25,000 BC - 21,000 BC (Europe)

Use of red-ochre (pigments or paint) in burials, clothing, beads, artifacts

9130 - 7370 BC (Europe)

Early cities, kingdoms and place of worship

5000 - 4000 BC

Suggested dates of Ramayana

3228 - 3102 BCE (North India – UP, Bihar, Delhi, Haryana and Gujarat)

Krishna's life on Earth (founder of Hinduism?)

Suggested dates of Mahabharata

2635 - 2650 BCE (Egypt)

Oldest Egyptian Pyramid discovered, followed by Pyramid of Giza

2000 - 1850 BCE (Northern Africa, Southern Europe near Mediterranean Sea)

Lifetime of the Judeo-christian/Islamic patriarchal figure Abraham (Ibrahim)

1100 BCE (Persia, Iran)

Zoroastrianism is thought to have been born

877 BCE

Parsva, the penultimate (23rd) Tirthankara of Jainism is born

800 BCE (India)

Early Brahmanas, time of Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samveda, Atharvaveda

599 BCE, 563 BCE, 551 BCE (India, China)

Mahavira, the final (24th) Tirthankara of Jainism is born

Gautama Buddha, founder of Buddhism is born

Confucius, founder of Confucianism, is born

7 BCE - 36 CE (Mediterranian)

Lifetime of Jesus of Nazareth (Jesus Christ), the central figure of Christianity

570 – 632 (Arabia, Mecca)

Life-time of Muhammad SAW ibn 'Abdullāh RA, the founder of Islam

650

The Quran is completed.

1191 (India)

Delhi Sulatanate is stablished (pre-Mughal Islamic kingdoms of Turkic origins in Northern India)

1469 - 1539 (India)

The life of Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism

1817 - 1892 (Persia, Iran)

The life of Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith

1952 (Los Angeles, USA)

Scientology is created